My Loyal Paddleboard

by Paul Raworth Bennett

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My sleek, silent partner
Always loyal, always ready
I climb aboard you and then,
Whispering of adventures ahead,
You carry me, quietly and gently
Across Neptune’s rippling, golden skin
Towards the shifting, fading, pastel tapestries
Of infinity

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